Lume 3.2.0 - Rosalía

by Óscar Otero

9 min read

So, you thought that Lume could only generate static sites, right?

Not anymore! As of version 3.2, Lume can also create books in EPUB format. That's why I wanted to dedicate this version to one of the most important figures of Galician literature of all time: Rosalía de Castro.

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Lume has a new logo!

by Óscar Otero

2 min read

Lume was born 5 years ago as an excuse to try Deno, the new JavaScript runtime. At that moment, the hype around Deno led to many projects featuring a dinosaur in their logo. Lume joined this trend, making a joke with the concept of fire and Deno.

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Lume 3.1.0 - Alexandre Bóveda

by Óscar Otero

9 min read

The first minor version of Lume 3 is dedicated to Alexandre Bóveda, a financial officer and politician who was executed on 17 August 1936 by Franco's dictatorship because of his Galician ideals. The night before his death, he wrote three farewell letters, the last one to his brother:

[...] I will die peacefully; I trust that I will be received where we all want to get together, and I do it with joy and entrust to God this sacrifice. I wanted to do good, I worked for Pontevedra, for Galicia, and for the Republic, and the flawed judgment of men (which I forgive and you all must forgive) condemns me.

Be more of a man now than ever because this is when you should be the most, for our elderly and for the children, to whom, without expecting it, you are going to be a little father. Comfort them all and try to always be good. Don't regret how much good you have done and can still do. [...]

Alexandre is not only a Galician martyr but also a demonstration that there have always been good people in the world. Now, more than ever, we have to remember that.

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